Global police chiefs push unified auto traffic rules
At a New York gathering delegates from major cities endorsed strict traffic controls including left hand drive, universal hand signals, monthly brake tests, standardized license plates, driver fitness tests, and speed limits of 25 mph with village limits at 20 mph. Licenses would carry fingerprints and theft tied to title regulation to curb stolen cars.
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Conference of International Poice Chiefs
New York City
Allicenses
Likening Auto Tire to Human Body
The article compares a pneumatic tire to a human body, noting the carcass equals bones and muscles and the outer rubber skin protects like skin. It argues inflation is like food, and stresses the tire needs regular use to prevent aging, with spare tires improving from occasional exercise.
Side Sway Causes Rim Cutting Stumpers Drivers Puzzled
A fragmented article notes side sway as a leading cause of tire rim cutting. It explains that incorrect car alignment and shifting weight put abnormal stress on side walls, sometimes rupturing fabric and leading to rim damage.
Numerous Trivials Make an Automobile Expensive
A piece warns that axle misalignment causes tire wear by grinding, urges wheel trueing after accidents, proper brake adjustment to distribute load, and avoiding abrupt braking. It cautions against overreliance on brakes when descending hills and stresses using the throttle to control speed.
Electric automobile with unique design for comfort
Photo shows Col. H. I. Green, son of Hetty Green, beside a large electric car built for maximum comfort. Doors six feet high and a very low body ease in riding. Folding desk and a drop light. Top speed twenty mph with seventy five miles per charge. Seats five.
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Col. H. i. Green
Hetty Green
Leakage of Grease On Brake Drums Hazardous
A Scientific American note explains that grease leaking from rear axle interiors in warm weather deposits on brake drums, especially inner periphery, reducing braking efficiency. It recommends thorough cleaning with gasoline, potentially removing wheels to access the drum interior, as thinning grease from high axle temperatures causes the issue.
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Scientific American
Old Emery Cloth Cleans Brass Parts of the Car
Brasswork on the car tends to roughen with use and is hard to keep clean. The brass edge on running boards and foot-plates collects grime and can stain nearby rubber. Advice suggests using emery cloth instead of squid-brass polish, selecting a piece worn elsewhere for best results.
Texas oil tax totals for quarter ending June 30
Texas Otwells produced 36,574 1591 barrels of crude oil in the quarter ending June 30, yielding an aggregate state tax of 1,437,462.47 dollars. Total oil value was 70,139,067.48 dollars. A 2 percent gross tax paid 1,402,882.16 dollars and a one twentieth of 1 percent tax of 35,080.31 dollars went to the oil and gas division of the railroad commission.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Otwells
H. Terrell
Comptroller' S
Oil and Gas Division
Railroad Commission
Suit filed over swabbing rules against Gulf Production Co
Laren Stanberry district supervisor of the Texas railroad commission filed suit in Caldwell County district court at Lockhart for 105000 dollars alleging violation of swabbing rules. Judge H B Bell stated the commission must enforce oil and gas conservation regulations.
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Austin
Tex
Gulf Production Company
Caldwell County
Lockhart
Laren Stanberry
Oil and Gas Division
Texas Railroad Commission
H. B. Bell
Wilbarger County Wildcats Drilling Yields Little New Activity
Wilbarger County reports fifty wildcat wells and about the same number in proven areas during the past week. No notable discoveries. one good well, Barklay-Meadows No. 4 Stephens, completed in the proven field, producing 150 barrels from the sand at 2380 feet.
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Wichita
Tex
Wilbarger County
Barklay-Meadows No
Stephens
Brenham Oil Field Adds Shallow Well
Brenham Texas reports another shallow well on the Pomy Kal tract in the Brenham oil field bringing total to three small wells with about 45 barrels per day. The new well is 255 feet deep and produces roughly 16 barrels daily. More shallow wells planned and a deep test will follow.
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Brenham, Tex
Brenham
Gas tax receipts rise in Texas for July
Austin reports approximately 430000 dollars was collected from oil companies under the 1 cent gasoline tax in July. Comptroller S. H. Terrell said the figure shows an increase of about 23796.52 over June, reflecting higher fuel activity in the state.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
S. H. Terrell
Deep Test Gas Indicates Strong Gas at Magnolia Well
Reports from the Magnolia deep test well between Thordale and Rockdale say the well has reached 3800 feet and is showing strong gas indications with clear gas showing in balling tests.
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Taylor
Tex
Magnolia
Thorndale
Rockdale
Wildcat oil wells making progress in Shelby County
Three wildcat wells in Shelby County Texas are reportedly advancing satisfactorily. Interested parties say the operations show promise and hold strong hopes for favorable results in each well.
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Shelby County
Genter
Tex
Oil Permit Granted To Delaware Gas Firm
Austin Texas reports that a $10,000,000 corporation, the American Gasoline Corporation of Delaware, was granted a permit Friday by the secretary of state. The incorporation lists transporting and refining oil as its purposes.
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Austin
Tex
American Gasoline Corporation of Delaware
Weill Abandoned Near Bastrop Texas Oil Well
The Simms test at the Smith tract near Cedar Creek eight miles west of Bastrop has been shut down as a dry hole after reaching 2742 feet.
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Bastrop
Tex
Simms
Smith Tract
Cedar Creek
Yoro Reports Gas Flow at Edgar Well
Yoakum Texas reports a third gas flow at 725 feet in the Yoro Oil Company well at Edgar eight miles south of Yoakum. The discovery marks a productive depth and potential expansion for the field near Yoakum.
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Yoakum, Tex
Yoro Oil Company
Edgar
Yoakum
Warning to Hunters in Texas After September First
Austin reports that after September 1 hunters caught without valid Texas hunting licenses will be barred from purchasing licenses and will be prohibited from hunting. Commissioner T E Hubby of the fish and game department announced the rule on Tuesday.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
T. E. Hubby
The
Fish and Game Department
Recall Notice On Shrimp Permits Issued In Texas Gulf Coast
T E Hubby Texas fish and game commissioner served notice Tuesday that shrimping permits will be recalled Sept 1 and that new permits defining gulf coast territories where shrimp fishing will be permitted will be issued.
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Austin
Tex
T. E. Hubby
Fish and Game
Gulf Coast
Liquor Destroyed at Galveston Dump by U S Inspectors
Six truckloads of assorted liquors totaling about 16 000 bottles were destroyed at the west end dump Thursday by United States customs inspectors in Galveston Texas.
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Galveston
Tex
West End
United States Customs
Valley Ginnings Reach 100000 Bale Milestone
Cotton gins in the lower Rio Grande Valley closed Saturday with records, surpassing 100000 bales gin ned. The San Benito area reports the new high as growers tally the season’s yield across the region.
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San Benito
Rio Grande Valley
Covey Headed Publisher Elected Northwest Texas Leader
Goree resident E B Covey was elected president of the Northwest Texas Press Association at the closing session of a two day convention in Wichita Falls Texas.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
E. B. Covey
Goree
Northwest Texas Press Association
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